Man slashes woman's neck during robbery
On Thursday, March 01, 2018, around 6:15 p.m., Los Angeles police officers responded to a radio call of a robbery investigation near the area of Vermont Avenue and Venice Boulevard. When officers arrived, they contacted the victim, who was being treated by Los Angeles City Fire Department paramedics for an apparent laceration to the neck.
The initial investigation determined that the victim was inside of a laundromat, when the suspect approached her from behind and grabbed the victim's purse away and simultaneously slashed her neck with a sharp object. The victim fell to the ground and suspect fled the location.
As a result, the victim sustained a laceration to the neck which required surgery.